IRON SAVIOR - Megatropolis

The Germans of Iron Savior come back with an album, but unfortunately it is an unconvincing one. Although it has a modern sound, nice riffs and it’s metal from beginning to end, inspiration (damn it!) lacks like a variable in algebra: just about everywhere. It probably burned out after Running Riot (on which I bestowed the top of the album title, which is sad, because it’s not that high) and The Omega Man (again rather good and with a chorus that stayed in my mind) because after that it totally failed to catch me. The score is not lower because of the concept, which I know from personal experience: people who fall so deep into the virtual world of computer games that reality becomes secondary. Cybernetic Queen, followed by Cyber Hero, illustrate it very well, but the music has nothing special. Inspiration manages to have a little come-back on the title song, but ends up buried irreversibly on A Tale from Down Below and Still I Believe (probably the poorest one, I don’t know how they managed, didn’t they “look in the mirror” when they made it?). Farewell and Good Bye repairs the damage a bit, but it’s too little too late, because it’s „auf Wiedersehen” time, isn’t it? The album is like this: one might come up with a theory of substance without style, because it’s a good example.
(+) the chosen subject, the first two songs
(-)  the presentation, nothing that will grab you, just another heavy/power album
 

Mad Nota: 7.5